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Young Witnesses in the DP camps: Children’s Holocaust testimony in context

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Author

Boaz Cohen & Rita Horvath

Bibliography

Cohen, B., & Horvath, R. (2012). Young Witnesses in the DP camps: Children’s Holocaust testimony in context. Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 11(1), 103-125

Abstract

Early child survivor testimonies tell us much about the children’s Holocaust experience and about society’s attitude to child survivors. This paper presents an in-depth analysis of two such testimonies on the backdrop of historical research of their setting and context in the Aschau DP Children’s Camp